It is easy – and becoming easier by the day – to look at the business world and see trends indicating where the money isn’t flowing. Not to businesses, depending on the verticals. Not to the stock markets (depending on the day, of course). Not...
T-Mobile, still planning to forge ahead with its merger with Sprint, has told a group of 16 banks to provide it with $23 billion in loans to finalize things. This would’ve been accomplished by selling the debt to private third-party investors, but the onset of...
Google and its sister company Verily are launching a pilot COVID-19 testing website on Monday (March 16) that initially be limited to the San Francisco Bay area, according to published reports. The website will direct people exposed to the virus to testing sites where they...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fines from major U.S. cellphone carriers after officials determined the companies didn’t ensure the privacy of customers’ real-time locations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. 27), citing sources familiar with the...
April 02, 2020
It is easy – and becoming easier by the day – to look at the business world and see trends indicating where the money isn’t flowing. Not to businesses, depending on the verticals. Not to the stock markets (depending on the day, of course). Not to mortgages, if things hold up. And there’s another kind […]
February 13, 2020
In today’s top payments news, the People’s Bank of China has filed more than 80 patents as it attempts to adopt a digital currency, and Fiserv introduced Scan to Pay,...
October 23, 2019
Five years ago, a merchant might have been able to rely on consumers being patient with a digital commerce experience that was less than perfectly smooth. The technology was still...
February 12, 2018
Embracing change is never easy, and never more so than for the government, which has proved resistant to trying new things, especially where technology is concerned. As Sprint renews efforts...
October 25, 2023
T-Mobile US has scrapped a program that would have required certain customers to switch to more expensive wireless plans. The decision comes after the proposed changes faced backlash from customers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Oct. 25). The details of the planned program were leaked on Reddit earlier this month, causing a stir among T-Mobile […]
March 31, 2020
T-Mobile, still planning to forge ahead with its merger with Sprint, has told a group of 16 banks to provide it with $23 billion in loans to finalize things. This...
March 16, 2020
Google and its sister company Verily are launching a pilot COVID-19 testing website on Monday (March 16) that initially be limited to the San Francisco Bay area, according to published...
February 27, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fines from major U.S. cellphone carriers after officials determined the companies didn’t ensure the privacy of customers’...
